Great web sites for teachers and students
Lesley Ennis and Sharon Taylor Ashburton Borough School
Key: J = junior area, S= senior area, F= free, I=interactive
All curriculum areas top sites Earthquake activity update http://www.sparklebox.co.uk (J & F : lots of great visual aids, displays posters, ideas, a must use site for all junior area teachers) Sparklebox - resources to print for displays and topic. Aimed at juniors but easily used up to year 6. http://www.primaryresources.co.uk/ (J, S, F and I: lesson plans, power points great ideas, set out by curriculum and age)http://durham.schooljotter.com/coxhoe (J, S, F and I: lots of good teaching ideas and online games, organised by curriculum area) http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/ks1bitesize/ (J, S, F and I: lots of good teaching ideas and online games, organised by class level and curriculum area) http://www.enchantedlearning.com/graphicorganizers/tchart/ (J, S, and I: plans display, sheets, displays etc WARNING does cost organised by curriculum area)http://www.ictgames.com/ (J, S, F and I: good interactive games and activities to support maths and literacy. http://www.first-school.ws/ (J & F : mainly worksheets and activity sheets to support early learning best for New entrants year one) www.kidzone.ws(J, S & F : mainly worksheets and activity sheets to support all curriculum areas. http://www.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk (J, S, F and I: good interactive games and activities to support maths and literacy. http://www.topmarks.co.uk/ (J, S, F and I: lots of good teaching ideas and online games, organised by class level and curriculum area)
Early Yearswww.starfall.com (J & F : reading and pre reading activities sheets to support early learning best for New entrants year one) www.carlscorner.us.com (spelling and grammar, free, not all links are still active) www.teacher.scholastic.com/clifford1/ (good for junior area, especially if you like Clifford!) www.pbskids.org (J, F & I, covers all areas best for early junior) www.puzzlemaker.com (J, S & F really cool site where you can create all sorts of puzzles to fit your focus, try the word search great fun) www.handwritingworksheets.com (handwriting sheets average)
San Francisco Orchestra Site for kids: Interactive music theory, instruments of the orchestra (picture and sound), an interative keyboard etc. Great to introduce and interest kids in musical notation and instruments. http://www.sfskids.org/templates/splash.asp
Music tracks to download. Most .99c or $1.99. Cover version, instrumental with backing singers, or just instrumental available for most tracks. Can change pitch before you download. Really useful for choir trainers. http://www.karaoke-version.com/
http://www.karaokeparty.com/ cool karaoke site to sing along with. My class loves it. It is really good for reading fluency as the kids are so motivated to manage the singing in time - they really make an effort.
How to... Procedural reading / writing
This is a wiki-style site which you can join for free and contribute to. Great place for finding How To.... and for contributing your own quality How Tos. Some of my year 4, 5 & 6 class are submitting thier instructions for various inventions, recipes they have created etc. instructables
Build Yourself Wild - design a character. Great for writing character descriptions.
Literacy sites
http://reading.ecb.org/Into the Book is a reading comprehension resource for K-4 students and teachers. We focus on eight research-based strategies: Using Prior Knowledge, Making Connections, Questioning, Visualizing, Inferring, Summarizing, Evaluating and Synthesizing.
Please contribute links to quality educational sites that you have used and would recommend to other teachers.
Wall Wisher - brainstorming site http://www.wallwisher.com/
Cool timer - plays a youtube video at the conclusion of the time. http://www.onlinevideoclock.com/timer
Interactive White Boardhttp://tes.iboard.co.uk/ heaps of activities curriculum and QCA linked Reception Y1 & Y2 easy to use and very comprehensive
http://www.absorblearning.com/media/set.action free resources from Crocodile
www.iwb.org.uk
http://www.topmarks.co.uk/
http://www.prometheanplanet.com/index.php Promethean planet - need to register
www.btinternet.com/~tony.poulter//IWBs/resources.htm links to other sites
http://www.crickweb.co.uk/
UNESCO global education. http://www.unesco.org/en/education
Suzie Vesper's website chocca block of good ideas for all areas of the curriculum - links to websites for all levels
Suzie Vesper's website
Great web sites for teachers and students
Lesley Ennis and Sharon Taylor Ashburton Borough School
Key: J = junior area, S= senior area, F= free, I=interactive
All curriculum areas top sites
Earthquake activity update
http://www.sparklebox.co.uk (J & F : lots of great visual aids, displays posters, ideas, a must use site for all junior area teachers)
Sparklebox - resources to print for displays and topic. Aimed at juniors but easily used up to year 6.
http://www.primaryresources.co.uk/ (J, S, F and I: lesson plans, power points great ideas, set out by curriculum and age)http://durham.schooljotter.com/coxhoe (J, S, F and I: lots of good teaching ideas and online games, organised by curriculum area)
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/ks1bitesize/ (J, S, F and I: lots of good teaching ideas and online games, organised by class level and curriculum area)
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/graphicorganizers/tchart/
(J, S, and I: plans display, sheets, displays etc WARNING does cost organised by curriculum area)http://www.ictgames.com/ (J, S, F and I: good interactive games and activities to support maths and literacy.
http://www.first-school.ws/ (J & F : mainly worksheets and activity sheets to support early learning best for New entrants year one)
www.kidzone.ws(J, S & F : mainly worksheets and activity sheets to support all curriculum areas.
http://www.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk (J, S, F and I: good interactive games and activities to support maths and literacy.
http://www.topmarks.co.uk/ (J, S, F and I: lots of good teaching ideas and online games, organised by class level and curriculum area)
Early Yearswww.starfall.com (J & F : reading and pre reading activities sheets to support early learning best for New entrants year one)
www.carlscorner.us.com (spelling and grammar, free, not all links are still active)
www.teacher.scholastic.com/clifford1/ (good for junior area, especially if you like Clifford!)
www.pbskids.org (J, F & I, covers all areas best for early junior)
www.puzzlemaker.com (J, S & F really cool site where you can create all sorts of puzzles to fit your focus, try the word search great fun)
www.handwritingworksheets.com (handwriting sheets average)
Circle time activities
http://www.thegrid.org.uk/learning/pshe/ks1-2/resources/circletime/index.shtmlPuzzle makerhttp://puzzlemaker.discoveryeducation.com/
http://www.edhelper.com/puzzles.htm puzzle maker sites
http://www.sfskids.org/templates/splash.asp
Interactive piano keyboard. Great for teaching basic melody lines / notation to beginners. http://www.bgfl.org/bgfl/custom/resources_ftp/client_ftp/ks2/music/piano/index.htm
Music tracks to download. Most .99c or $1.99. Cover version, instrumental with backing singers, or just instrumental available for most tracks. Can change pitch before you download. Really useful for choir trainers.
http://www.karaoke-version.com/
http://www.karaokeparty.com/ cool karaoke site to sing along with. My class loves it. It is really good for reading fluency as the kids are so motivated to manage the singing in time - they really make an effort.
Build Yourself Wild - design a character. Great for writing character descriptions.
Key: J = junior area, S= senior area, F= free, I=interactivewww.storylineonline.net(J & F : stories read by actors)
http://www.magickeys.com/books/(J, S & F on line books)
http://www.abcfastphonics.com/(J & F good online interactive phonics activities)
http://www.kented.org.uk/ngfl/games/literacy_menu.html
[[http://www.crickweb.co.uk/ks1literacy.html ]]
There are KS1and KS2 sites
http://www.wordplays.com/p/indexword games sitehttp://www.storiesfromtheweb.org
Online stories and poems
Key: J = junior area, S= senior area, F= free, I=interactivehttp://www.nga.gov/education/classroom/counting_on_art/act_fractions.shtm
http://www.rainforestmaths.com/
http://www.teachers.ash.org.au/jeather/maths/dictionary.html
http://www.rhlschool.com/mathv4.htm problem solving
http://www.gamequarium.com/fractions.html maths games
http://www.interactiveclock.com/countdown-clock-resource.php(countdown clock, handy for rotations choice of alarm)
http://www.tki.org.nz/r/wick_ed/maths/interactives.php
http://www.coolmath4kids.com/ (J, S, F & I, one of the best sites I've found)http://www.smartkiddies.com.au/ Great site for the kids to use at home.